Fire strikes terminal under construction at Kuwait airport

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A fireplace broke out Monday at an under-construction new terminal at Kuwait Worldwide Airport, authorities mentioned, inflicting injury however no casualties.

Firefighters struggled to regulate the flames for hours in Kuwait Metropolis, Inside Ministry spokesman Tawheed al-Kandari informed The Related Press.

Authorities have been nonetheless investigating the reason for the blaze, al-Kandari mentioned. The fireplace brought about in depth injury to the constructing’s basement, floor ground and first ground however nobody was harm, the nation’s fireplace companies reported.

Pictures circulated on social media of darkish, billowing smoke behind strains of planes on the runway. Some flights had been delayed on Monday morning although civil aviation authorities mentioned it wasn’t due to the hearth.

Kuwait was set to finish building of the $4.4 billion terminal later this 12 months — a posh architectural cover of glass and concrete with plans to deal with 13 million passengers a 12 months.